Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Social Anthropology, University of Sydney. Dissertation: “Towards a Politics of Spirituality: Hindu Religious Organizations and Indian Nationalism.”

Master of Science, Library and Information Science, University of Illinois.Practicum: Daley Library, University of Illinois at Chicago: Leadership and Organizational Change.

Master of Arts, Asian Studies, with a concentration in Indian Religions, University of Hawai’i. Thesis: “Beauty and the Bandit: Ambiguity and Myth in Indian Journalism.”

Bachelor of Arts, Geography, University of Chicago. Awarded with General Honors by the College and Honors by the Department of Geography. Thesis: “A Comparative Geographical Analysis of Development in China and India.”